Give me women, wine, and snuff?

Question

Give me women, wine, and snuff
Untill I cry out "hold, enough!"
You may do so sans objection
Till the day of resurrection:
For, bless my beard, they aye shall be
My beloved Trinity.

I am doing this poem for school, but I have trouble understanding it. I tried google for analysis of this poem, but nothing turned up. Could someone please help me? Thank you very much.

What does "You may do so sans objection" mean?" Is he saying that you can give me as much temptation (woman, wine and snuff) as you want, and I wont mind?

And what does bless my beard mean? Why does beard represents soul? Couldn't it symbolize knowledge?

I was looking on google, from what I learned, John Keats is not a Christian. What religion is he? Or is he an atheist? In this poem, I feel that Keats is dissing Christanity in general. Am I right?

What is the overall meaning of the poem? I still have trouble fully understanding it. Thx. I really apprecaite the help.

I have seen some of his other poems. They are very organized and express much about meaning of life. Why does this poem feel so shallow? It does not feel like the kind of Romantic poem written by this famous Romantic poet.

Answer 1

Well, he wants woman, wine and snuff.
Until he doesn't want it anymore.

Snuff, is the old equivalent of cocaine. It was a dried powered tobacco that was put under the lip. Wine, drink drink!!
And woman speaks for itself.

Sans objection: you may disprove of me.

Till the day of resurrection. Or, the second coming of Jesus, when the world is (supposed to) going to end (if it ever does).

A well cared for beard was a sign of nobility, or being rich. Therefore, many men took good care of their facial hair, and considered it important.

Aye, means yes, or "those things/people". So, bless my beard...He's swearing on his beard.

The beloved trinity is his woman, wine, and snuff.
So, he's basically saying:
"I love woman, my drinks, and my snuff. I'll have all of it until I can't anymore. You can tell me what I do is bad until the end of time. But, I swear on my beard, I love these things anyway."

Answer 2

Well, it's an old version of give me sex, drugs, and rock & roll until I can't stand it no more, and then it has to go and add a religious twist - that when the "day of reckoning" comes, the poet will dangle a little halo over his head like he's been a good little angel all along. The poem would have been better without the last three lines in my opinion, but it is supposed to be meant in fun as a cute little bit of whimsey.

Edit: "Bless my beard" may well mean what you think, soul, spirit. It was just a saying in those days, like "my stars" or whatever, but even sayings have their roots and your interpretation is as good as anything.

"Sans" is French for "without." So, he is saying you can make hay while the sun shines without any objection (from his inner conscience, I guess), but there comes a time when you must account for your frivolous past. Like I said, I don't think the poem needed the "moral" message, but who am I to question Keats . . .

Answer 3

I hope you know what women are.
And that wine is alcoholic grape beverage.
Snuff is very finlely ground tobacco that one sniffs up the nose or puts in the mouth.
I guess the next line means I have had enough.
Sans is a french word for without.
Day of resurection is when chirst comes back to earth.
I would say bless my beard is equivalent to save my soul or I swear on my whiskers.
My bleoved trinity is I love three things they are the qurivalent of the father, the son, and the holy ghost. (God, Jesus,and the Holy spirit)
Hopes this helps.

Answer 4

The first two lines are self-explanatory

"You may do so sans objection/Till the day of resurrection"
means keep sending over the women, wine and snuff and he won't say stop until the end of time.

Then the last two lines basically say he worships women, wine and snuff like they were the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Answer 5

here ou go

give me women wine and tobacco
till i say enough
you may do without objection
till christ comes back to earth
for i swear they shall be
my beloved trinity

i think it means that he wants women tobacco ad wine until he says he has had enough and that he is not not religious because he is willing to let women wine and drugs take the place of the father son and holy spirit... hope i helped

Answer 6

It is about a person that wants women, alcohol and tobacco--lots of it.

Answer 7

what does this have to do with special education?